Tornado in Hale County, Alabama
Tornado November 29, 2022 · Hale County, Alabama
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Greene County → Hale County → Greene County → Hale County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 475 yards (0.27 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This tornado crossed the Black Warrior River several times and this is a short segment that the tornado moved into Hale County from Greene County. The area was inaccessible so the segment was rated as unknown intensity.
The wider storm
A very dynamic and deepening low pressure system moved through the Ohio Valley states on November 29-30 with a trailing cold. The air mass across Central Alabama was initially stable during the day on November 29th with surface dewpoints in the 40s and 50s. Instability increased dramatically the evening of the 29th as 60 plus surface dewpoints advected northward into Central Alabama. A QLCS developed ahead of the approaching cold front in addition to discrete thunderstorms.
Began near Evansville (32.8770, -87.8220).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1066380. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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